Stephen Wong Jing Kui
SIBU: The aunt of slain bank manager Stephen Wong Jing Kui who testified against Ling Hang Tsyr at the High Court here yesterday said Ling had told her she would kill her husband if he cheated on her.
Law Poh Lang, 48, said the accused uttered those words some time in 2011 when they talked about her (Hang Tsyr’s) relationship with her husband after breakfast.
She said after breakfast, Wong (the deceased) suddenly had a stomachache and decided to go to the toilet at his office.
She said Hang Tsyr said those things in the car while Wong went to the toilet.
“The accused said to me ‘if this thing ever happen, my husband cheats on me, I will kill him’,” she told the court during examination-in-chief by deputy public prosecutor Mohd Fillany Siji.
When crossed examined by the defence counsel Roger Chin, Law told the court that she did not know whether Hang Tsyr would actually do what she said.
Pressed further whether there was a possibility, she said she did not think of it at that time.
She disagreed with Chin who put to her that she was lying as those words were never mentioned by Hang Tysr because there was no reason or necessity for her to say those words.
Chin also put to her that she had been biased and prejudicial against the accused after the murder had occurred.
Hang Tsyr and Andrew Tiong King Guan are charged under Section 109 and Section 302 of the Penal Code read together with Section 34 of the same code which provide for a mandatory death sentence on conviction.
They are accused of abetting the murder of Stephen Wong at a house in Ulu Sg Merah about 1.30am on June 14, 2012.
Andrew is still at large.
The principal offender, Hoe Ing, has been charged and convicted under an alternative charge under Section 304(a) of the Penal Code for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
Hoe Ing pleaded guilty to the alternative charge and was sentenced to 16 years’ jail on Oct 1, 2013.
Hang Tsyr is represented by Anthony Tai, Roger Chin and Sempurai Petrus.
Hearing before Judge Datuk Norcahaya Arshad continues today.